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Learn Indian Language
through Artificial Intelligence
 LILA
is a milestone in language learning through Artificial
Intelligence Technology. The LILA series, developed
with the support of Department of Official Language
(DOL), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), New Delhi, includes:
These are Intelligent
Self-Tutoring Systems for HINDI, especially designed
for Government departments, Banks, Public Sector Undertakings
and Corporate employees. These packages are also useful
for other non-Hindi speakers who wish to learn Hindi
from the basic to the advanced stage. The courses are
based on the Hindi Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya syllabus,
being conducted through classroom teaching and distant
education by the DOL. The packages aim at imparting
basic functional knowledge of Hindi, required to communicate
in simple day-to-day situations, to achieve a sound
base of Hindi and its core functional grammar. The constant
interactive participation through a computer in the
self-learning process is likely to give the learner
an edge in the skill of reading, writing, speaking and
understanding grammar and its effective usage.
The Department of Official
Language has revised the Prabodh courseware and has
made it available on the Internet on September 14, 2005.
The package includes all the features as mentioned below:
The
Salient features of the LILA packages are:
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Tracer
Module: Here, all characters are composed of
stroke types. Many strokes make up a character,
but for esthetic and practical reasons, an order
for writing characters is preferred. When writing
characters, they should be contained in an imaginary
box, and in proportion to other characters with
which they appear. Forethought is needed to make
a character look right, beginning with where one
places the character's first pen stroke, and the
proportions of each stroke in relation to the rest
of the character as a whole. When one understands
the principles behind the writing process, one can
count the number of strokes easily. The TRACER module
enables the user to write each Hindi alphabet stroke-by-stroke.
The order of the strokes allows a writer to reproduce
Hindi characters in a uniform manner.
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Speech
Facility: The Speech Facility has been provided
to facilitate, learning of the correct pronunciation
and intonation of the words and sentences. Related
words and their meanings along with images have
also been provided as part of the Vocabulary Section.
To practice correct pronunciation, there is a Record
and Compare facility, which allows the user to record
a word or a sentence in his her own voice and compare
it with the standard pronunciation available in
the packages.
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Video
Interface: For easy comprehension, every lesson
has a video film running alongside the narrative.
The sentence spoken in the clipping is highlighted
in the text. Thus making learning easy and interesting.
Images have also been provided for better recapitulation
and understanding of concepts.
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An On-Line
Hindi-English Dictionary is available with meanings,
a grammatical category and pronunciation for easy
reference. This is accessible from any section of
the lesson. The packages also provide commonly used
words and official terminology with pictures and
sound.
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Cultural
Notes have been incorporated to highlight various
aspects of Indian Culture explained through pictures
and text in the dictionary and lessons.
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Other
salient features include:
- Pedagogically controlled
and graded lessons
- Grammatical Notes for
each lesson
- Exhaustive interactive
exercises
- Self evaluation tests
with markings
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